The Devil Sword Swordsman
Ch. 179 - Roman numerals
The fight had just begun when Xin Fai was galloping towards the mouse demon, which was, feeling disadvantaged by the too narrow battleground he ran towards the wide room that was now empty because the guards were busy fighting with Yong Tao.
While the demon rat that belonged to the fight with the enemy Kratos also entered a sudden attack that made Xin Fai in danger of facing two attacks simultaneously. These two enemies were not only compact, even he suspected they had one mind in two bodies.
The compactness of this attack was able to make Xin Fai unable to attack and just stand in a defensive position. The mouse's stealth claws sharpened when it was about to plunge downwards where Xin Fai was busy serving Kratos. One second before the claw hit his head Xin Fai unleashed a considerable amount of power making whirlwinds fly around him accompanied by hundreds of high-speed sharp blades trying to target the enemy from all directions.
"Oh... I've heard of gold power like this..." Kratos murmuring. "Isn't this similar to the power of a Celestial Emperor?"
"So you know this power?"
"Of course I know, this power comes from our Empire."
From the very beginning Xin Fai was quite confused about the origin of Qiang Jun, he was from the Qing Empire or the Shang Empire himself could not be certain. Rather than being curious, Kratos may have an answer to that.
"From your Empire? Is the Celestial Emperor from your Empire?"
"His parents were from two different Empires, he was the son born of political infighting in ancient times to reconcile the war between the two camps." Kratos frowned slightly annoyed when he realized his mouth was spontaneously speaking. "And why am I telling you this?"
"Hahaha that's also because your mouth is chatty! Never mind, enough bases I need something behind you." Xin Fai started to refocus on fighting, a murderous aura coming out of his body made the mouse demon become a little daunted yet he himself was unwilling to budge and instead hissed fiercely.
The duel against the demon user was quite time-consuming, Xin Fai gritted his teeth when the light blade did not react when it hit the mouse's stealth body and also Kratos' body protected by armor, this could be said to be very troublesome. Especially out there it seems that Yong Tao is in a difficult situation.
"Ck if I am late this mission will also be in vain.." he muttered softly, he still swung his heirloom sword which Kratos continued to fend off. This balanced strength had indeed been expected from the beginning. The strength of this armor-clad foreign man had at least reached the grand swordsman of stage 4 and was about to reach the next stage.
Xin Fai's footsteps retreated some distance as Kratos' sword gushed through the air, one second late that sword could have taken his life. On the other hand the mouse demon intensified the sudden attack that left him completely fooled.
Xin Fai's body bounced against the wall, she got up quickly straightening her back again. The young man stared intently ahead with a much more terrifying gaze.
"From the beginning you underestimated me too much."
"uh? The scum from your Empire is indeed his strength will not be equal to the strength of both of us."
"I'll seriously fight after this."
"Hahahaha whether you're serious or not I'll win the in– fight"
The man took five steps back and the mouse demon moved forward to protect his master, both the mouse demon and Kratos becoming more alert than ever.
Not letting them prepare any longer Xin Fai turned his sword half a full turn accompanied by his golden energy that came out irregularly chasing after Kratos, when a bit of electricity hit him Kratos felt his armor could even be scratched easily by the power.
The mouse demon that stood protecting Kratos had to die from this murderous attack, its body trembling as it could no longer hold back and was about to collapse in a moment. Xin Fai did not stay silent, he was looking for a gap in order to attack the owner of this demon secretly.
When the distance with Kratos was only a few meters away apparently the rat became more ferocious than before. His eyes were reddened with a murderous aura so powerfully escaping from his body. The mouse demon body was now coated in red steel formed from its stealth energy like a soldier. Although a little surprised Xin Fai continued forward daring to ignore the change in stealth strength.
"This last act will make you die, damn it! You will feel for yourself the true power of this mouse demon!"
When getting the unprotected gap of armor on the body of the mouse demon Xin Fai just split the neck, the heirloom sword became even sharper as a great force flowed from it.
The mouse's stealth neck rolled with blood that inundated the floor forming a puddle a few seconds later and was only stared at by Kratos in silence.
"No way... My demon..." Kratos hardened his jaw very angrily, the man's face flushed in wrath with a terrifying aura emanating from him. He did not believe the demon he had bought at the auction at this fantastic price would fall in the hands of the young man. "I'll kill you!"
"Try it if you can."
The fight between the two became fierce in the beginning but it did not last long when Kratos realized his strength was out of balance with Xin Fai, the man was in a cornered position as Xin Fai's sword slashed fiercely and made his weapon bounce far away.
Now that Kratos has nothing to defend himself with, he has only one option: escape.
At the sight of Kratos running very fast into the hallways ahead there Xin Fai could only grieve in annoyance, chasing after the man would only take his time while in front of him now he had to open the door to get the item that Yong Tao was looking for.
Xin Fai stood for quite a long time when he saw a strange language on top of a box that could be filled with roman numerals. The young man thought hard while propping up his chin, the commotion out there interfered with his concentration several times.
"It's so hard to think about, let alone I don't understand what language they speak." His hand touched the iron wall inscribed with the strange letter. He tried to decipher the first number with a random number and so on until he could not breathe calmly thinking about it anymore.
The commotion where Yong Tao was fighting grew even more chaotic in those seconds, it seemed that the number one man was starting to be overwhelmed by his enemies who came in immeasurable numbers. If he was still dead-end in this place, Yong Tao could have been losing his life there, let alone his condition could also be said to be worsening.
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